Thornton Lee vs. Mark Prior — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Thornton Lee and Mark Prior are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thornton Lee carried a career ERA of 3.56 against Mark Prior's 3.51. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Thornton Lee and Mark Prior — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Mark Prior

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2771
37.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Mark Prior

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1971
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.71
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.77
92.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.726
0.726
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Mark Prior

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
276.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
234
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
204
523.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
41
105.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.45
31.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
54
138.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
49
125.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
31
79.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.93
30.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
207.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA